Are Human heat pads any good???

[Smulkin]

Well I confess I've been using human heat pads for a year and a half or so with no ill tales to share. Not to say I don't plan on eventually wiring up something less makeshift - but I don't think HHP's should be decried as the mortal enemy.

[mlededee]

i used human heat pads for about 6 months and really they worked fine as long as i used a thermostat. the thermostat i had at the time was a cheap esu one and i had more issues with that then with the heating pad itself. now i use flexwatt and herpstats for my bps and that is just a dream.

[Brandy]

now i use flexwatt and herpstats for my bps and that is just a dream.

Ok.. what's flexwatt and herpstats?

[Shelby]

Flexwatt is heat tape that you can cut (by the foot) and wire to a cord and thermostat to make heating pads. http://www.mgreptiles.com/flexwatt.html

Herpstat is a brand of thermostat used to control the flexwatt (or whatever other source of heat)